Relatively quick read that I enjoyed for the most part - the best thing about it was the main character, Paama. I liked her a lot, and the people around her. I was less interested (not at all interested, actually) in the supernatural parts of the story... which is odd as fantasy is the genre I read the most of, so those are the parts I would have expected to like best. But when Lord is focused on Paama and the human side of things, there's a wry humour and compassion there which is very enjoyable. The supernatural tends to wallow more to the side of the mystic-meaningful however, where she loses her light touch and it all becomes a bit more turgid.